Unspecified over Beton-Bazoches, Ile-de-France · France
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Le 5 septembre 1980 à 6h15 un témoin observe à 200m dans le ciel un objet de forme circulaire d'un mètre de diamètre. De couleur violet un disque émet des faisceaux lumineux. L'observation a duré 5 minutes avant que le témoin ne reparte. Aucune manœuvre militaire n'a été effectuée sur ce secteur ce jour là. Aucun autre témoignage ne sera recueilli sur ce phénomène pour lequel nous manquons d'informations. [GEIPAN classification C — Manque d'informations fiables]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 1980-11-00824). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 1980-09-02 → 1980-09-19